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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1275
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Lucilla; Marcus Aurelius; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  164-169
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  25.36
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2141. A. H. Baldwin, 1942.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Lucilla, bare, with hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, facing r. Reverse: Vesta, veiled, draped and standing facing l. by altar, holding simpulum in r. and palladium in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: LVCILLΛE ΛVC ΛNTONINI ΛVC F (Lucilla Augusta, Daughter of Antoninus Augustus). Reverse: VESTh S C (Vesta, S C; Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC III 1779.

4 Related People

Marcus Aurelius
Roman
121
180
Lucilla
Roman
c.149
182
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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